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Food's ready, with baker excited — bravo! (5,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

doner kebab

'food's' is the definition.
(I have seen 'fast food' mean 'doner kebab' so perhaps 'food' could also mean 'doner kebab')

'ready with baker excited bravo' is the wordplay.
'ready' becomes 'done' (eg food which is done is ready to eat).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'excited' indicates an anagram.
'bravo' becomes 'b' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'baker' anagrammed gives 'rkeba'.
'done'+'rkeba'+'b'='DONER KEBAB'

(Other definitions for doner kebab that I've seen before include "Skewered meat" , "Turkish lamb dish" , "Fast food dish" , "Snack" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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